1 Time limits for notification of housing authority’s decision. C1

1

For section 28(6) of the M1Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (notification of housing authority’s decision on application under section 27 of that Act) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

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The authority shall notify their decision on the application in writing to the applicant, and to the occupier of the dwelling-house, within three months of their receiving the application or, if an application is made for the services of a committee under section 29 of this Act, within two months of their receiving the committee’s advice.

6A

The notification shall state—

a

if the authority are satisfied that the applicant’s case is substantiated in accordance with section 27 above, what action they propose to take on the application;

b

if they are not so satisfied, the reasons for their decision.

2

Subsections (1) above does not apply where the application under the said section 27 is received by the housing authority concerned before the coming into force of this Act.